Malawi and Sierra Leone Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country

Leader
President: Joyce Banda	President: Ernest Bai Koroma
Population
16,323,044	5,485,998
Life Expectancy
52.310 years	56.550 years
Capital City

Largest city
Lilongwe (population: 646,750)	Freetown (population: 802,639)
Human Development Index
0.457	0.329
GDP per capita

Literacy Rate
62.7%	35.1%
Corruption Perception Index
2.8	1.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13%	13.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate

Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Legal

Political System
multiparty democracy	constitutional democracy
Independence date

Religions
Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)	Muslim 60%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs 30%
Languages
Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census)	English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)
Exports

External Debt

Exchange Rate

Military Budget as percentage of GDP

Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Southern Africa, east of Zambia	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia
Area
118,484 km sq	71,740 km sq
Coastline
0 km	402 km
Climate
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)	tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April)

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Malawi vs Sierra Leone